Jürgen Hinrichsen Angel

Jürgen Hinrichsen Angel (* around 1732 as Jürgen Hinrichsen in an unknown location in fishing ; † January 23, 1810 in Flensburg ) was a German organ builder .

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The family background of Jürgen Hinrichsen Angels is not documented. He completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter with Joachim Schröder, an official carpenter in Flensburg. At the same time, he dealt with the construction of instruments. From 1759 he worked as a grave digger and cantat at the Marienkirche in Flensburg , whose organ he regularly maintained. A year later he married Anna Christina Hansen (1736–1784), with whom he had two sons and three daughters.

In 1771 Angel unsuccessfully asked for a privilege as an instrument maker for pianos, pantaleons and harps in the Duchy of Schleswig. The king granted him a privilege as an organ builder a year later. He also signed a contract with him to maintain the organs of all three churches in Flensburg. Angel then bought a house on Kompagniestrasse in Flensburg .

In 1782, Angel ended his job as a gravedigger. After that he created new instruments as an organ builder and rebuilt or repaired existing organs. He worked in different places, mostly in Schleswig. In 1807 Angel applied to transfer his organ builder license to his son Nicolai . The son, who had previously represented his father several times, received the patent in 1810.

literature

• HP Detlefsen: Angel, Jürgen Hinrichsen . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, p. 41